JO Bradley, Sparck Technologies’ UK business development manager, has been selected as an award recipient of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2022 Women in Supply Chain Awards.
The awards honour female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.
Jo has been an advocate for the advancement of eco-friendly packaging in the e-commerce sector for the past six years. Her work, raising awareness about the wasteful practice of using oversized boxes for deliveries, has helped establish automated right-sized packaging as an ‘accepted and transformative’ technology.
Richard Nijboer, Sparck Technologies’ director of sales & services, said, “This award is fitting recognition of Jo’s determination to change the way that e-commerce supply chains approach packaging. Jo believes that she can make a difference, by encouraging the industry to do the right thing for the planet and for the sound business principles of capacity, performance and cost. She passionately believes that right-sized packaging is the sustainable way forward for the ecommerce sector.
“Her determination to deliver change is just one of Jo’s many fine qualities. She has an entrepreneurial spirit and a creative mind that thinks both ‘inside and outside’ the box. Everyone at Sparck is delighted that Jo has received this prestigious award.”
With the capability to tailor-make up to 1,100 packages per hour, Sparck said its CVP Everest and CVP Impack packaging systems create, fill, fold and label each parcel in one ‘seamless’ process – reducing package volumes by up to 50%, cutting cardboard usage by 30%, and eliminating the need for void fill.
Jo has achieved success positioning the machines at some of the UK’s largest retailers – including ASDA, The White Company, Boots, and Frasers.
Jo Bradley said, “Receiving a Women in Supply Chain Award has been both a wonderful surprise and a great honour. In many ways this award is industry recognition of the important role eco-friendly packaging plays in the supply chain – saving materials, transit space and energy.”
